Five crocs killed in Sabah following spate of attacks

A fireman checking the river along Jalan Sungai Burung at Kg Mas Mas in Tawau for a man who went missing after a crocodile attack.

KOTA KINABALU: Wildlife rangers have killed five crocodiles in efforts to secure the safety of people living in areas where recent attacks occurred.

Sabah Wildlife Department director Augustine Tuuga said the rangers were focused on larger crocodiles in specific areas as they hunt for reptiles that attacked people in the Kota Belud, Lahad Datu and Tawau districts.